Many people would simply give up, blow out the candle and curse the darkness and all that. But that blank slate inside my head is telling me to push on. Maybe it’s my upbringing as a Lutheran; the daily repentance and all that…….self-flagellation being part of my skill-set.
Many others would feel the need to go to grad school, chasing an MBA or whatnot. They’re bound and convinced that more paper would get them the good life. More book-learning would be the way to go. Even Richard Bolles disagrees with that notion. In years past when a Master’s degree was a comparatively rare commodity that would be the case. People out of grad school could almost name their price. Heck, there was a time when any education beyond high school was a ticket to the good life. But that’s not the case anymore where it’s not uncommon to see people running around with two Master’s degrees. The hay-day of simply graduating from college with a BA or MBA and getting a decent job are over; that is unless you happen to guess right and are in the right engineering discipline or the hottest new technology, can hack it through Nursing School, or be in the lucky minority who actually gains employment in the area of their education. Well, none of that is me. Period, end of statement.
What’s so agrrivating is the fact that Polysomnography is one of the hottest medical fields there is out it’s very difficult to find jobs out there that are not staff positions working nights and dealing with patients. I’ve been there, done that longer than most people I know. If you cannot help some facility churn patients in and out no one wants to talk to you. The interviews I have been on have been either being a lab’s hatchet-man as it were. Someone made a huge mistake hiring a staff member, maybe even a coordinator, and now they want me to come in and clean up their mess. No thank you. You screwed up, you fix it. Either that, or even if the position is for a manager, the first question out of their mouths is,”Well, how long has it been since you worked nights?” Excuse me? What the !@#!#@ does that have to do with the price of beans in Albania?
The nice jobs never came to me. No Dr. ever came to me wanting to use my expertise to help him/her open a lab. I hear of a new place opening and wonder why didn’t I find out about it? I’ve been on the outside of the information grapevine from day 1. Recruiters and DME’s are really the only source of information I have. It’s like dating to me. I’ve never been privy to the inside gossip of whose dating whom or the drama soap opera stories going on behind the scenes. Same with work.
I see people with very little experience or background being given jobs with authority, people fresh out of EEG school or who have just enough experience under their belt to go after their RPSGT. They haven’t paid their dues. Get back to me in 5-6 years and then we’ll talk. Bust your ass working nights for awhile.
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